---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; military students enroll in public school based on official military orders prior to physically establishing residency; allow"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-150 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility for enrollment in elementary and secondary educational programs, so as to allow military students to enroll in a public school based on official military orders prior to physically establishing residency; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 59"
citation: "Georgia HB 59 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Brian Prince", "Dave Belton", "David Clark", "Heath Clark", "Mike Glanton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea35f714-7f46-4464-9b26-2553091b1ffc"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7c2cfa60eec53c4cba19a08a1f5b4411dfaaa73fc72fb478c0ce6cd7c0224d00"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---

# Georgia HB 59 (2019_20) — Education; military students enroll in public school based on official military orders prior to physically establishing residency; allow

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 20-2-150 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to eligibility for enrollment in elementary and secondary educational programs, so as to allow military students to enroll in a public school based on official military orders prior to physically establishing residency; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 59/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187553.pdf)
2. **LC 33 7557/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179843.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 7967S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185039.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **166–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Brian Prince — primary (person)
- Dave Belton — primary (person)
- David Clark — primary (person)
- Heath Clark — primary (person)
- Mike Glanton — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-28** House Hopper
- **2019-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-23** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-23** Act 38 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea35f714-7f46-4464-9b26-2553091b1ffc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).